May is a very early time in the year and the weather is usually bad. You cannot run a fast mile race if there is a strong wind, because it makes your running uneven.
—Roger Bannister
Topics: Weather
If a man coaches himself, then he has only himself to blame when he is beaten.
—Roger Bannister
Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up from the track after collapsing at the finish line, I figured I was dead.
—Roger Bannister
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
—Roger Bannister
The earth seemed to move with me. I found a new source of power and beauty, a source I never knew existed.
—Roger Bannister
Topics: Power
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